Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-02

SATURDAY, March 26.-Court convened this
morning and the examination OF witnesses
W a. resumed.
JOHN PIrsIMMoSs WAS SWORN.
Last August | lived ut the Columbia house:
worked for }. Rothschlld IL Co, cattle men
] went 10 Omaha about the Q b of September;
am now in saloon business; had been at Col
umbia house about two week was there night
Of murder: arrived I'm the bar room about
9:25; Cbas. Ebcrhardt and others We're play
ing cards; | went to MerrilPs stable and made
inquiries about Ha0d"ck returning; went at
request Of 'Bismarck;' ] did not then know
''B,smarok:" be stood outside a pile OF posts
I'm front Of Columbia house, he was at north
end Of pile of posts; | went to the livery barn
where | saw a colored man; ! spoke to him; /
gave him "Bismarck's" message: the message
was Ia relation 10 the conveyance; after max.
ing the inquiry l went back TO the Columbia
house, where | heard the shot fred: | heard
the conveyance 90 nv about five or eight min
utts before the shooting; ! vert I. the door
when / heard the shot fired: | saw the man
stagger on the street; just before the shot was
fred ! looked out OF the window, saw men
passing from livery stable to Fourth street:
saG the man going over the crossing: the man
lat did the shooting walked out from hi.
mems corner; the night was dark
the two men met about twelve feet
from Dineen's corner; when the man came
out from the corner and met Haddock he
passed the latter about a foot AMI then turned
and shot him; there was no scutile. the man
that fired the shot walked toward the Colum-
bia house; Haddock staggered around quite
a little Bit: gurgled and fell on hands and
knees; l shut the front door of the Columbia
house at the request OF Chas. Eberhsrdt;
(the witness described the shooting IN a real
istic manner; the man that fired the shot
passed Haddock on the r'ght, and when about
one foot past him wheeled and fired the fatal
shot) 1t was quite dark the man that did
the shooting bad not reached the lamp post
when he disappeared from my sight; the man
lad on light-coiored pants: did not see the
face of the man that fired the shot; ! ran up
stairs, woke my partner and came down:
went over with a bucket OF water and washed
his face off; met the police: they told me to
keep quiet ill morning: ! went hack TO the
barn and talked with the colorrd ran: Il
was in relation to what ! had talked TO him
about before.
Cross-examination-Was In center Of bar
room when the shot was fired; | was reading
the Globe Democrat: the man that fred the
shot passed on the north side OF Haddock:
wheeled around when about one foot past and
fred the shot; the lights in the bar room were
back Of me; the door was partially aiar when
the shot was fired: the door swings to the
left: can not remember my partners last
| name: his first name was jim; when | got To
| the BODY Jack RYAN and two other men were
there: | went over with a pail of water :and
sponge, and remained ut body until the coro-
ner came: was before the cOroner's jury;
guess my testimony there was about the same
az 1t is now the man had on light pants,
dark coat open In front. The man that fred
the shot faced the river; saw men run north
between blacksmith shop and Lone Star res
taurant; there were two OF them; saw one
running north on Water street; the door was
open four or five inches; the door Is about
three feet from the window; there was a
screen on the window part OF the door; ! sat
facing the doors little south and about seven
feet from It the other parties were In the
corner. was acquainted with John Arens-
dorf, but do not know who fred the shot; I
was in the city about five weeks after the
murder.
Redirect Examination am now boarding
at the Columbia house; could not see the
color of the clothes Of the man that fired the
shot only by the pistol fash ] saw his pants;
they were light; l slightly knew Arensd ,rf.
u. II. M'ALLIsTER.
Sworn: ] live in Sioux CITY; dive delivery
wagon for Breun: and on 81 of August /
boarded at Columbia house; was there that
evening; | was playing cards with Eberhardt
and others; it was about 1918 when | went
to bed: my room was on horth side Of house;
second wind; W from the east; my attention
was called 70 the street about two minutes
after ! went ~; ! was Just about 10 lay
down; looked out of window; saw two mer
walkiag rapidly west across the bridge and
otl ers going north on Water, and at vacant
lot: did not know a, V Of the men.
Cross .examined-The men going across the
bridge walked rather le'surely; think there
were three; the men were running up Water.
ALBERT ADAMS SWORN.
Have lived here nine year.; drove hack
last August for Mr.. K~ingsnorth; was driving
| a chestnut-colored horse and black the even.
ing Haddock was killed it was raining hsId:
| that evening | took parties 10 Greenviilf; u
| was fifteen minutes to 10; started from Hub
| bard house; -four parties got into the back; ]
| received orders where to drive; | drove TO
Greenville; l crossed the Floyd river; went
| Town Fourth street. turned to right on turn